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The Moon on Thursday, October 8, 1936: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 26°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on October 8, 1936Waning Crescent

Thursday 8 October 1936386,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 8, 1936, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.8% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
386,193 km239,969 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1936 is on Wednesday, September 30, 1936 at 21:01 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 15, 1936 at 10:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 7, 193612:28
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 15, 193610:21

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Thursday, October 8, 1936 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 1936 to the new moon of October 15, 1936, a cycle of 29.69 days.